PALISADES PARK — The Borough Council is scheduled to adopt a trio of ordinances Tuesday that include adding a workplace harassment policy to the police manual, as well as a rule preventing rank-and-file officers from recording conversations with one another.

“Our policy and procedures are somewhat outdated, and this is nothing other than keeping up with some of the trends that are trending in other departments and basically adopt them and implementing them into our own policies and procedures,’’ said Chief Benjamin Ramos on Monday. “…The goal is to try to establish and develop a functional set of policies and procedures that we can adapt to and become part of our police manual.”

The council is also set to adopt the Attorney General’s Policy and Procedures for internal affairs investigations for the police department. Ramos said the department has always used the AG guidelines, but the council had never formally adopted them.

“We’ve always practiced by the guidelines, but it’s officially going on the record where we are now adopting it by ordinance,’’ Ramos said.

He said the move to adopt the guidelines was spurred by a review of internal affairs policies by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office.

Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said Monday in an e-mail that his office recently completed a review of all local police departments Internal Affairs Guidelines and written procedures to ensure they were all in compliance.

A second ordinance that the council will consider will regulate harassment in the workplace. Ramos said the borough has a harassment policy in effect, but the measure scheduled to be voted on was specifically crafted for the police department.

“It was absolutely necessary for the fundamental reason that we never had a departmental policy that spells it and outlines it, and this really spells it out,’’ said Ramos.

The electronic monitoring policy would prohibit employees of the police department from surreptitiously recording conversations of personnel in the department. The policy states that anyone who is found recording conversations could face suspension, disciplinary charges or termination.

“This is something that has been in the works for quite some time now, and I figured at the start of this year, it would be time to implement some of the most important policies,’’ Ramos said.

Audio recordings of colleagues taken by police officers on duty have led to legal issues in other North Jersey police departments. A few years ago, in Hackensack, Lt. Vincent Riotto faced departmental charges because of an audio recording he made of an alleged threat made by a sergeant to another officer. He was demoted after a hearing officer upheld the charges. Under a recent lawsuit settlement with the city, Riotto had his demotion reversed.

Ramos said Palisades Park’s electronic monitoring policy went into effect in late January when he issued a directive. He said since then an internal affairs investigation has begun on a possible violation of that order.

The policy also states that the recording or re-recording of the department’s phone lines, and or radio frequencies by personnel is prohibited. The chief of police, or his designee, are the only ones who may monitor the department’s phone lines, and or radio frequencies, and the recordings made from them, for policy compliance or complaints, the regulation states.

The policy allows officers to use department issued recording devices when actively involved in a criminal investigation, and non-criminal investigations of non employees, as well as by internal affairs officers when interviewing another officer during an internal affairs investigation.

The chief of police, according to the policy, can authorize audio and video recording of personnel without the assistance of the internal affairs unit, as long as it’s consistent with New Jersey laws.